ONLINE OCEAN STUDIES 2008-2009

Week 5 - Investigation 5B Response Form

Name: FORMTEXT Sergeant Gonzalez, Valo S.      

Instructions: Save this form to your computer desktop (change the name auto to
Class (check one): your last name (example Investigations1A Response Form – Banks). Fill in the
09-010 form during your weekly studies and email the form as an attachment to your
facilitator. Your facilitator’s email is daniel.l.banks@navy.mil. Your assignments
09-020 must be completed and emailed or faxed to (228-871-2874) (DSN 868) prior to
09-030 your gaining access to the posting of the correct responses and the “Responses to
09-040 Questions for Review” and “Critical Thinking”. (The facilitator will post
Investigations A and B on the following Monday at 1200 CST) If you have any
questions, contact your facilitator. Check with your course calendar for assignment
posting dates.

Investigation 5B Responses ( ) check the appropriate box or type your response in the
appropriate shaded space.

Investigation 5B: INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION AND SEA SURFACE

TEMPERATURE

1. (equatorial) (middle latitude) (polar)

2. (equatorial) (middle latitude) (polar)
3. (equatorial) (middle latitude) (polar)
4.      june     
5. (maximum altitude of the sun is higher)
(length of the daily period of daylight is longer)
6. (equatorial) (middle latitude) (polar)
7. (increases) (decreases)
8. (increase) (decrease)
9. (west) (east)
10. (south) (north)
11. (south) (north)
12. (is) (is not)
13. (February) (August)
14. (February) (August)
15. (higher than) (lower than)
16. (February) (August)
17. (February) (August)
18. (northward) (southward)
19. (northward) (southward)
20. (winter) (summer)
21. (maximum) (minimum)
22. (the South Pole is tipped away from the sun)
(the sun is higher in the sky and daylight is longer)
23. (considerable) (little)
24. (prevailing westerlies) (subtropical anticyclones) (trade winds)
25. (0) (50) (100) W per m2
26. (summer solstice) (vernal equinox) (winter solstice)
27. (Northern Hemisphere) (Southern Hemisphere)
28. (long daylight, dry air, and few clouds)
(glacial ice cover)
(persistent cloud cover)
29. (subtropical anticyclones) (subpolar lows)
30. (cloudiness) (clear skies)
31. (little if any) (moderate levels of)
32. (minimum) (maximum)
33. (0) (30) (50) (70) deg
34. (at the equator) (in middle latitudes) (in polar regions)
35. (raise the water temperature) (evaporate water) (both of these)